Improvement in game apparatus



J. N. '-SAWKINS.

Game Apparatus.

Patented Dec. 23, 1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES N. SAWK'INS, OF LANGPORT, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAME APPARATUS.

Spociticationforming part of Letters Patent No. 145,757, dated December23,1873; application filed December 13, 187,3.

. ored, respectively, yellow, red, blue, each di vision containing onehundred and twenty peg-holes. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section .ofthe ball-box, composed of, A, a metallic ovalshaped cylinder closed atboth ends. A circular hole is made in the smallest portion of the ovalat the top, into which a round metallic cylinder, B, is so inserted andfixed that there shall be a slight elevation at the end, which isproduced to within a distance of the bottom equal to its diameter, thusallowing free passage to balls between A and B. The balls having beenshaken in the part A, the box is then inverted, causing the ball a., forinstance,

- to occupy the space opposite the inner end of pipe B. The balls b, c,and cl will then roll away within A, outside B, while the ball a entersB, and so passes out of the box.

Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section, and Fig. l a plan elevation, ofthe ball-box. Four diierently-colored balls, viz., red, blue, yellow,and white are required that will move freely through B; six small pegsand a-dicebox with dice. The above include all appurtenances for thegame, which is played as follows:

A ball is taken by each player from the ballbox and strictly concealed,X, for example, drawing the blue ball Y, the yellow. X throws the dice,and, we will say, scores his throw,

10, upon red, beginning at the white peghole.

Y throws 6, and scores on blue, neither knowing the others ball. Theobject of each is to discover by his opponents manner and play theothers color, run that color out, and save the color corresponding withhis ball from being put out.

The rules of the game are as follows: lFirst, whatever color remainswhen the other two are out, the owner vof the corresponding-color ballwins, with the game and stakes; second, the first throw to be thrownfor, the highest winning, after the first game the loser of the previousgame taking the throw; third, a party indicating to another the color ofhis ball, or attempting to possess certain knowledge of the color of anyother than his own ball, shall forfeit his stake, to be equally dividedamong the other players; fourth, the limited number of points in eachcolor shall be one hundred and twenty (120;) fifth, should the winningcolor be owned by no one, it shall be a drawn game, the pool to beplayed for together with the next games stakes 5 sixth, with the consentof both parties, a third or fourth person may take a ball at thebeginning of the game, subject to the same rules as the players 5seventh, should there be a drawn game when three are playing, theshare-holder shall continue his stake for the next game or lose allinterest in the same 5 eighth, more than two persons cannot take activepart in playing; ninth, the game must be played by alternate throws, noperson to throw twice in succession; tenth, only one color may be scoredupon at one throw.

It is not necessary that there should be money or anything played for.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The game apparatus herein described,consisting of the ball-box A B and balls, the table D and dice, allcombined and arranged to operate substantially as specified.

2. The ball-box A B and balls a b, adapted for each other, substantiallyasv and for the purpose described.

J. N. SAWKINS.

Witnesses Tnorms C. GoN'NoLLY, A. E. BEEOHER.

